But a wise historian is precisely what the Rev. Robert Strickland is not.
請教老師:此處的what如何理解?這里是復合關系代詞指代人嗎?麻煩老師講解剖析一下此處的what如何理解?
你一定在答疑網看過有關關系代詞指人在限制性定語從句中作歸屬性表語時,只可以用that(或省略that)不可以用who的問題和解答。其原理是,歸屬性表語表示一個人的身份、職業、素養等,而不是這個人本身,所以用that引導從句而不可以用who。
同樣的道理,what引導名詞性關系分句時,只須what在分句中作歸屬性表語,就能指人的職業、身份、素養等。
But a wise historian is precisely what the Rev. Robert Strickland is not.
= But a wise historian is precisely the kind ofperson thatthe Rev. Robert Strickland is not.
你可以了解的看出,what替換成the kind of person that, that在限制性定語從句中作歸屬性表語。這就是為何what可以指人的道理所在。